Normal Motors has paused manufacturing at a plant in Ontario, Canada, on account of a scarcity of batteries, in line with the native London Free Press.
The CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, builds BrightDrop electrical vans, however has been closed for a month on account of a reported battery scarcity. A union consultant informed the London Free Press that the manufacturing facility has 4 years of orders on the books, however that top demand for GM’s Ultium battery {hardware} pressured the shutdown. The plant is scheduled to reopen July 31.
GM plans 4 battery vegetation below its Ultium Cells LLC three way partnership with LG, however just one, in Ohio, is at the moment operational. And a latest hearth might have slowed manufacturing there, the report famous.
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It might not simply be a brief provide of battery cells for one plant, although. The Detroit Free Press just lately reported that EV manufacturing at GM’s Manufacturing unit Zero, positioned on the border of Detroit and the suburb of Hamtramck, has slowed to a near-stop. Within the first half of the yr, GM delivered simply 49 GMC Hummer EV pickup vehicles—down from 371 within the first half of 2022—and a couple of,316 Cadillac Lyriq SUVs, the Free Press reported.
GM claimed to be accelerating momentum in second-quarter 2023 gross sales, with deliveries up 19% year-over-year, however that’s largely on account of elevated gross sales of inside combustion autos. And whereas GM claimed 15,652 EV gross sales, most of these (13,900) have been the soon-to-be-discontinued Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV, gross sales of which have been up 101% year-over-year as manufacturing and deliveries absolutely recovered from a drawn-out battery recall.
2022 GMC Hummer EV pre-production at Manufacturing unit Zero plant in Detroit, Michigan
GM had initially deliberate to provide 400,000 EVs by the tip of 2023. Now it is delayed that focus on to mid-2024. However with these poor numbers for Ultium EVs, even that’s now wanting like a stretch.
GM CEO Marry Barra underscored earlier this yr that the corporate is versatile on battery cells, although, and shortly after that assertion GM signed a $3 billion three way partnership with Samsung to complement its provide with cells in an alternate cylindrical format. So the corporate might have an out if the Ultium tech cannot scale as anticipated.
